General Session - May 5, 2016

Melotte 111 / Coma Star Cluster
Time: 10:50 PM ADT
S&T Chart Reference: 45
Instrument: Visual + Binoculars
Coma Star Cluster is easily seen as a large rectangular-like cluster of stars below α and γ. Visually, there appeared to be areas/spots of light in the elongated box closer to γ. In binoculars, there were numerous very bright stars in my FOV, all spread apart. It certainly was an open cluster and large enough it wouldn't fit in a single FOV! Really beautiful. Almost as striking as the northern Pleiades.